US20200137589A1 - Communication system, communication method, and storage - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a communication system, a communication method, and a storage medium.
- An aspect of the present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a communication system, a communication method, and a storage medium that can improve communication quality between a vehicle and another device.
- the communication system, the communication method, and the storage medium according to the present invention adopt the following configurations.
- a communication system is a communication system provided in a mobile body and including an acquirer configured to acquire a destination of the mobile body, and a communicator configured to communicate with a communication device outside the mobile body using an antenna, wherein the communicator is configured to increase directivity of the antenna in a direction from a position of the mobile body to the destination when the destination is acquired by the acquirer.
- the communicator is configured to increase the directivity of the antenna in a direction from a position after change to the destination when the position of the mobile body changes.
- the communicator is configured to increase reception sensitivity of the antenna when the destination is not acquired by the acquirer.
- the acquirer is further configured to acquire the position of the mobile body
- the communicator is configured to decrease the directivity of the antenna or sets the antenna to nondirectional when the distance between the position of the mobile body and the destination is within a predetermined distance.
- the communicator is configured to increase the reception sensitivity of the antenna as the position of the mobile body approaches the destination.
- a communication method includes acquiring, by a computer provided in a mobile body, a destination of the mobile body; communicating, by the computer provided in the mobile body, with a communication device outside the mobile body using an antenna; and increasing, by the computer provided in the mobile body, directivity of the antenna in a direction from a position of the mobile body to the destination when the destination is acquired.
- a storage medium is a storage medium storing a program causing a computer provided in a mobile body to: acquire a destination of the mobile body; communicate with a communication device outside the mobile body using an antenna; and increase directivity of the antenna in a direction from a position of the mobile body to the destination when the destination is acquired.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a communication system 1 according to an embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram conceptually showing a process of a sensitivity adjuster 115 .
- FIG. 3 is a diagram conceptually showing a process of a directivity adjuster 116 .
- FIG. 4 is a diagram conceptually showing another process of the sensitivity adjuster 115 .
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of a series of flows related to a reception process of the sensitivity adjuster 115 .
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a series of flows related to a transmission process of the sensitivity adjuster 115 .
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a series of flows related to the process of the directivity adjuster 116 .
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a communication system 1 according to the embodiment.
- the communication system 1 is a device that is mounted in a vehicle and performs communication between other devices mounted in the vehicle (hereinafter, in-vehicle devices) and devices outside the vehicle (hereinafter, external devices).
- the vehicle in which the communication system 1 is mounted (hereinafter, the host vehicle M) is, for example, a vehicle such as a two-wheeled vehicle, a three-wheeled vehicle, or a four-wheeled vehicle.
- the communication system 1 includes a navigation device 10 , an antenna 20 , and a communication device 100 .
- the navigation device 10 includes, for example, a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver 11 , a navigation human machine interface (HMI) 12 , and a route determiner 13 .
- the navigation device 10 holds first map information 14 in a storage device such as a hard disk drive (HDD) or a flash memory.
- the GNSS receiver 11 specifies a position of the host vehicle M on the basis of a signal received from a GNSS satellite.
- the navigation HMI 12 includes a display device, a speaker, a touch panel, keys, and the like.
- the route determiner 13 determines a route (hereinafter, an on-map route) from the position of the host vehicle M (or any input position) specified by the GNSS receiver 11 to a destination input by the occupant using the navigation HMI 12 by referring to the first map information 14 .
- the first map information 14 is, for example, information in which a road shape is represented by links indicating roads and nodes connected by the links.
- the navigation device 10 may perform route guidance using the navigation HMI 12 on the basis of the on-map route.
- the navigation device 10 may be realized, for example, by a function of a terminal device such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal possessed by the occupant.
- the navigation device 10 may transmit a current position and a destination to a navigation server via the communication device 100 and acquire the same route as the on-map route from the navigation server.
- the antenna 20 includes an oscillator, an overemphasis circuit, an amplifier, and the like, and transmits or receives radio waves. A reception sensitivity and directivity of the antenna 20 are controlled by the communication device 100 .
- the antenna 20 is, for example, a massive multiple input and multiple output (MIMO) antenna, and has a function of performing communication according to a communication scheme using a fifth generation (5G) communication system.
- MIMO massive multiple input and multiple output
- the communication device 100 communicates with an external device using a cellular network, a Wi-Fi network, Bluetooth (registered trademark), dedicated short range communication (DSRC), or the like or communicates with various server devices via a wireless base station.
- a cellular network a Wi-Fi network, Bluetooth (registered trademark), dedicated short range communication (DSRC), or the like
- DSRC dedicated short range communication
- the communication device 100 includes a controller 110 .
- the controller 110 for example, includes a destination acquirer 111 , a position acquirer 112 , a reception processor 113 , a transmission processor 114 , a sensitivity adjuster 115 , and a directivity adjuster 116 by a hardware processor such as a central processing unit (CPU) executing a program (software) stored in a storage (not shown).
- a hardware processor such as a central processing unit (CPU) executing a program (software) stored in a storage (not shown).
- the destination acquirer 111 acquires information indicating a destination acquired by the navigation device 10 .
- the position acquirer 112 acquires information indicating a current position of the host vehicle M acquired by the GNSS receiver 11 .
- the reception processor 113 performs a process related to communication (that is, reception) from the external device to the in-vehicle device.
- the reception processor 113 for example, outputs information acquired by demodulating and combining the radio waves received by the antenna 20 to the in-vehicle device that is a reception target.
- the transmission processor 114 performs a process related to communication (that is, transmission) from the in-vehicle device to the external device. For example, the transmission processor 114 encodes and modulates information transmitted from the in-vehicle device to the external device, and causes the antenna 20 to transmit the resultant information.
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 adjusts the reception sensitivity and transmission sensitivity of the antenna 20 on the basis of the destination of the host vehicle M. Details of a process of the sensitivity adjuster 115 will be described below.
- the directivity adjuster 116 adjusts the directivity of the antenna 20 on the basis of the destination of the host vehicle M. Details of the process of the directivity adjuster 116 will be described below.
- V2X Vehicle to Everything
- V2X examples include vehicle-to-vehicle communication (hereinafter referred to as V2V communication (Vehicle to Vehicle)), vehicle-to-infrastructure communication (hereinafter referred to as V2I communication (Vehicle to Infrastructure)), vehicle-to-network communication (hereinafter referred to as V2N communication (Vehicle to Network)), and vehicle-to-pedestrian communication (hereinafter referred to as V2P communication (Vehicle to Pedestrian)).
- V2V communication Vehicle to Vehicle to Vehicle
- V2I communication Vehicle-to-infrastructure communication
- V2N communication Vehicle-to-network communication
- V2P communication vehicle-to-pedestrian communication
- the external device is, for example, a terminal device such as a smartphone possessed by a pedestrian, a portable personal computer such as a tablet computer (a tablet PC) possessed by the pedestrian, or a navigation device included in another vehicle.
- the in-vehicle device is, for example, a terminal device such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal held by an occupant of the host vehicle M, or the navigation device 10 .
- the in-vehicle device is the navigation device 10 will be described.
- the in-vehicle device may present the presence of the popular spot to the occupant of the host vehicle M on the basis of information received from a pedestrian or vehicle present at the popular spot around the destination through V2V communication or V2P communication.
- the communication system 1 transmits information on the current position of the host vehicle M as information that an external device of the nearby pedestrian or vehicle uses for estimation of a mixed state (in other words, the presence of the popular spot) to the nearby pedestrian or vehicle through V2V communication or V2P communication.
- the processes of the sensitivity adjuster 115 and the directivity adjuster 116 when the communication system 1 receives the information from the pedestrian or vehicle around the popular spot will first be described, and then, the processes of the sensitivity adjuster 115 and the directivity adjuster 116 when the communication system 1 transmits the information on the current position of the host vehicle M to another person present around the host vehicle M will be described.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram conceptually showing the process of the sensitivity adjuster 115 .
- a destination DN is determined for the host vehicle M according to an operation of the navigation device 10 by the occupant.
- SPT 1 to SPT 3 around the destination DN will be described.
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 adjusts the reception sensitivity of the antenna 20 on the basis of information indicating the destination DN acquired by the destination acquirer 111 and information indicating the current position of the host vehicle M acquired by the position acquirer 112 . For example, when a distance from the current position of the host vehicle M to the destination DN exceeds a predetermined distance Dt (that is, when the destination DN is distant from the current position), the sensitivity adjuster 115 increases the reception sensitivity of the antenna 20 when the current position of the host vehicle M becomes closer to the destination DN.
- a predetermined distance Dt that is, when the destination DN is distant from the current position
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 calculates a distance D 0 from the destination DN to the host vehicle M on the basis of the current position acquired at a certain time (t 0 ) and the destination DN, for example.
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 calculates a distance D 1 from the destination DN to the host vehicle M on the basis of the current position acquired at a time (t 1 ) after a predetermined time has elapsed from the certain time (t 0 ) and the destination DN.
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 increases the reception sensitivity of the antenna 20 since the distance D 1 out of the distance D 0 and the distance D 1 is a shorter distance (that is, the host vehicle M is approaching the destination DN).
- the directivity adjuster 116 adjusts the directivity of the antenna 20 on the basis of the information indicating the destination DN acquired by the destination acquirer 111 and the information indicating the current position of the host vehicle M acquired by the position acquirer 112 . For example, when the distance from the current position of the host vehicle M to the destination DN exceeds the predetermined distance Dt (that is, when the destination DN is distant from the current position), the directivity adjuster 116 increases the directivity of the antenna 20 in the destination direction as the current position of the host vehicle M approaches the destination DN. In FIG.
- the directivity adjuster 116 calculates a distance D 0 from the destination DN to the host vehicle M on the basis of the current position acquired at a certain time (t 0 ) and the destination DN, for example.
- the directivity adjuster 116 calculates the distance D 1 from the destination DN to the host vehicle M on the basis of the current position acquired at the time (t 1 ) and the destination DN.
- the directivity adjuster 116 increases the directivity of the antenna 20 in the destination direction since the distance D 1 out of the distance D 0 and the distance D 1 is a shorter distance (that is, the host vehicle M is approaching the destination DN).
- the directivity adjuster 116 acquires the current position and the destination DN to specify (update) the destination direction always or at predetermined time intervals, and uses the destination direction to control the directivity of the antenna 20 .
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 may adjust the reception sensitivity in a stepwise manner to increase the reception sensitivity at a timing when it has been determined that the host vehicle M is approaching the destination DN at the time (t 1 ).
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 may increase the reception sensitivity linearly until a predetermined time elapses from the timing (that is, until a next timing when the distance from the destination DN to the host vehicle M is calculated).
- the directivity adjuster 116 may adjust the directivity in a stepwise manner to increase the directivity at a timing when it has been determined that the host vehicle M is approaching the destination DN at the time (t 1 ).
- the directivity adjuster 116 may increase the directivity linearly until a predetermined time elapses from the timing.
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 can make it easier to receive information from an external device around the destination DN as the host vehicle M approaches the destination DN.
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 can make it easier to receive information from an external device present at a spot SPT (a shown spot SPT 1 ) even when the spot SPT is present at an end portion of a range in which information can be received by the antenna 20 .
- the directivity adjuster 116 can make it easier to receive information from an external device present at a position closer to the destination DN as the host vehicle M approaches the destination DN.
- the directivity adjuster 116 can make it difficult for information from the spot SPT to be received (or prevent the information from being received) in a case in which the host vehicle M needs to move in a direction away from the destination DN in order to go to the spot SPT (for example, the shown spot SPT 2 ).
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 may be configured to immediately increase the directivity of the antenna 20 in a direction of the destination DN when the information indicating the destination DN is acquired by the destination acquirer 111 .
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 and the directivity adjuster 116 may not simultaneously change the sensitivity and the directivity to perform processes. For example, when the sensitivity adjuster 115 increases the reception sensitivity of the antenna 20 as the host vehicle M approaches the destination DN, the directivity adjuster 116 may not increase the directivity of the antenna 20 . In this case, the communication device 100 may not include the directivity adjuster 116 . For example, when the directivity adjuster 116 increases the directivity of the antenna 20 in the direction of the destination DN as the host vehicle M approaches the destination DN, the sensitivity adjuster 115 may not increase the reception sensitivity of the antenna 20 . In this case, the communication device 100 may not include the sensitivity adjuster 115 .
- FIG. 3 is a diagram conceptually showing the process of the directivity adjuster 116 .
- the directivity adjuster 116 adjusts the directivity of the antenna 20 on the basis of the information indicating the destination DN acquired by the destination acquirer 111 and the information indicating the current position of the host vehicle M acquired by the position acquirer 112 .
- the directivity adjuster 116 decreases the directivity of the antenna 20 when the distance between the current position of the host vehicle M and the destination DN (the shown distance D 2 ) is within the predetermined distance Dt (that is, when the destination DN is close to the current position). Setting the antenna 20 to be nondirectional is included in decreasing the directivity of the antenna 20 .
- the directivity adjuster 116 can make it easier to receive information from an external device present around the destination DN (at the shown spots SPT 2 to SPT 3 ) when the host vehicle M is present at a position close to the destination DN.
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 may increase the reception sensitivity of the antenna 20 (for example, to a maximum).
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 may control the reception sensitivity of the antenna 20 so that the reception sensitivity of the antenna 20 is maximized before the distance D 2 matches the predetermined distance Dt.
- a relationship between a level of a predetermined reception sensitivity (hereinafter referred to as a predetermined reception sensitivity X 1 ) controlled by the sensitivity adjuster 115 when the distance D 2 is within the predetermined distance Dt and a level of a predetermined reception sensitivity (hereinafter referred to as a predetermined reception sensitivity X 2 ) controlled by the sensitivity adjuster 115 when the distance D 2 exceeds the predetermined distance Dt is predetermined reception sensitivity X 1 >predetermined reception sensitivity X 2 .
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 may immediately control the predetermined reception sensitivity X 2 such that the reception sensitivity becomes the predetermined reception sensitivity X 1 , and may gradually control the predetermined reception sensitivity X 2 such that the reception sensitivity becomes the reception sensitivity X 1 after the distance D 2 becomes within the predetermined distance Dt.
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 may increase the reception sensitivity as the host vehicle M approaches the destination DN from the current position.
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 may increase the reception sensitivity as the host vehicle M approaches the destination DN when the distance D 2 exceeds the predetermined distance Dt. In this case, when the distance D 2 exceeds the predetermined distance Dt, the sensitivity adjuster 115 may not further increase the reception sensitivity in a case in which the reception sensitivity becomes the predetermined reception sensitivity X 1 . In this case, the predetermined reception sensitivity X 1 is a maximum reception sensitivity when the distance D 2 exceeds the predetermined distance Dt.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram conceptually showing another process of the sensitivity adjuster 115 .
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 adjusts an output when information is transmitted using the antenna 20 (hereinafter referred to as a transmission output) on the basis of the information indicating the destination DN acquired by the destination acquirer 111 and the information indicating the current position of the host vehicle M acquired by the position acquirer 112 .
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 increases the transmission output of the antenna 20 as the current position of the host vehicle M approaches the destination DN.
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 calculates a distance D 0 from the destination DN to the host vehicle M on the basis of the current position acquired at a certain time (t 0 ) and the destination DN, for example.
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 calculates the distance D 1 from the destination DN to the host vehicle M on the basis of the current position acquired at the time (t 1 ) and the destination DN.
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 increases the transmission output since the distance D 1 out of the distance D 0 and the distance D 1 is a shorter distance (that is, the host vehicle M approaches the destination DN).
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 may adjust the transmission output in a stepwise manner to increase the transmission output at a timing when it has been determined that the host vehicle M is approaching the destination DN at the time (t 1 ).
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 may increase the transmission output linearly until a predetermined time elapses from the timing (that is, until a next timing when the distance from the destination DN to the host vehicle M is calculated).
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 can make it easy for information to be received by an external device around the destination DN as the host vehicle M approaches the destination DN.
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 can make it easier for information to be received by an external device present at a spot SPT (a shown spot SPT 1 ) even when the spot SPT is present at an end portion of a range in which information can be transmitted by the antenna 20 .
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 transmits a request for information on surroundings of the external device to the external device, the sensitivity adjuster 115 makes it easy for the in-vehicle device to obtain the information.
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 may not change the transmission output of the antenna 20 according to the current position of the host vehicle M. For example, when the information indicating the destination DN of the host vehicle M has not been acquired by the destination acquirer 111 , the sensitivity adjuster 115 keeps the transmission output of the antenna 20 high (for example, at a maximum). Accordingly, the sensitivity adjuster 115 makes it easier for the information on the current position of the host vehicle M to be used as the information that the external device of the nearby pedestrian or vehicle uses for estimation of the mixed state (in other words, the presence of a popular spot).
- the directivity adjuster 116 may not change the directivity of the antenna 20 according to the current position of the host vehicle M. For example, when the information indicating the destination DN of the host vehicle M is not acquired by the destination acquirer 111 , the directivity adjuster 116 keeps the directivity of the antenna 20 low. Accordingly, the directivity adjuster 116 makes it easier for the information on the current position of the host vehicle M to be used as information that the external device of the nearby pedestrian or vehicle uses for estimation of the mixed state (in other words, the presence of a popular spot).
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of a series of flows related to the reception process of the sensitivity adjuster 115 .
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 determines whether or not the information indicating the destination of the host vehicle M has been acquired by the destination acquirer 111 (step S 100 ).
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 calculates the distance between the current position acquired by the position acquirer 112 and the destination, and increases the reception sensitivity of the antenna 20 as the host vehicle M (current position) approaches the destination (step S 102 ).
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 ends the process without changing the reception sensitivity (step S 104 ).
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a series of flows related to the transmission process of the sensitivity adjuster 115 .
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 determines whether the information indicating the destination of the host vehicle M has been acquired by the destination acquirer 111 (step S 200 ).
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 calculates the distance between the current position acquired by the position acquirer 112 and the destination, and increases the transmission output of the antenna 20 as the host vehicle M (current position) approaches the destination (step S 202 ).
- the sensitivity adjuster 115 increases (for example, maximizes) the transmission output of the antenna 20 and ends the process (step S 204 ).
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a series of flows related to a process of the directivity adjuster 116 .
- the directivity adjuster 116 determines whether or not the information indicating the destination of the host vehicle M has been acquired by the GNSS receiver 11 (step S 300 ). When the destination of the host vehicle M has not been acquired, the directivity adjuster 116 decreases the directivity of the antenna 20 and ends the process (step S 302 ). When the destination of the host vehicle M has been acquired, the directivity adjuster 116 calculates the distance between the current position acquired by the position acquirer 112 and the destination, and determines whether or not the distance from the current position to the destination exceeds the predetermined distance Dt (step S 304 ).
- the directivity adjuster 116 calculates the distance between the current position acquired by the position acquirer 112 and the destination, and increases the directivity of the antenna 20 in the destination direction as the host vehicle M (current position) approaches the destination (step S 306 ).
- the directivity adjuster 116 decreases the directivity of the antenna 20 when the distance from the current position to the destination is within the predetermined distance Dt (that is, the destination is close to the current position) (step S 308 ).
- the communication system 1 includes an acquirer (in this example, the destination acquirer 111 and the position acquirer 112 ) that acquires a destination of the mobile body (in this example, the host vehicle M) and the position of the host vehicle M, and a communicator (in this example, the reception processor 113 , the transmission processor 114 , the sensitivity adjuster 115 , and the directivity adjuster 116 ) that communicates with a communication device (in this example, the external device) outside the host vehicle M using the antenna 20 , in which the sensitivity adjuster 115 increases the reception sensitivity of the antenna 20 and increases the directivity of the antenna 20 in a direction of the destination as a current position of the host vehicle M acquired by the destination acquirer 111 approaches a destination acquired by the position acquirer 112 , thereby improving communication quality between the host vehicle M and the external device.
- an acquirer in this example, the destination acquirer 111 and the position acquirer 112
- a communicator in this example, the reception processor 113 , the transmission processor
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A communication system is a communication system provided in a mobile body and including an acquirer configured to acquire a destination of the mobile body, and a communicator configured to communicate with a communication device outside the mobile body using an antenna, in which the communicator is configured to increase directivity of the antenna in a direction from a position of the mobile body to the destination when the destination is acquired by the acquirer.
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- Priority is claimed on Japanese Patent Application No. 2018-203210, filed Oct. 29, 2018, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
- The present invention relates to a communication system, a communication method, and a storage medium.
- In the related art, a technology for changing the directivity of an antenna according to a traveling angle of a vehicle or a position of the vehicle relative to a position of a base station outside the vehicle in information communication in which radio waves are transmitted and received between devices mounted in the vehicle and the base station or the like is known (for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application, First Publication No. 2005-142658).
- Incidentally, in recent years, research on information communication using a fifth generation (5G) communication system in a device mounted in a vehicle has been performed. The device mounted in the vehicle may communicate with other devices, in addition to a base station in the fifth generation communication system. However, in the related art, although communication quality can be improved by controlling an antenna on the basis of a relationship between the vehicle and the base station, it may be difficult to improve communication quality between the vehicle and other devices.
- An aspect of the present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a communication system, a communication method, and a storage medium that can improve communication quality between a vehicle and another device.
- The communication system, the communication method, and the storage medium according to the present invention adopt the following configurations.
- (1) A communication system according to an aspect of the present invention is a communication system provided in a mobile body and including an acquirer configured to acquire a destination of the mobile body, and a communicator configured to communicate with a communication device outside the mobile body using an antenna, wherein the communicator is configured to increase directivity of the antenna in a direction from a position of the mobile body to the destination when the destination is acquired by the acquirer.
- (2) In the above aspect (1), the communicator is configured to increase the directivity of the antenna in a direction from a position after change to the destination when the position of the mobile body changes.
- (3) In the above aspects (1), the communicator is configured to increase reception sensitivity of the antenna when the destination is not acquired by the acquirer.
- (4) In the above aspects (1), the acquirer is further configured to acquire the position of the mobile body, and the communicator is configured to decrease the directivity of the antenna or sets the antenna to nondirectional when the distance between the position of the mobile body and the destination is within a predetermined distance.
- (5) In the above aspects (3), the communicator is configured to increase the reception sensitivity of the antenna as the position of the mobile body approaches the destination.
- (6) A communication method according to an aspect of the invention includes acquiring, by a computer provided in a mobile body, a destination of the mobile body; communicating, by the computer provided in the mobile body, with a communication device outside the mobile body using an antenna; and increasing, by the computer provided in the mobile body, directivity of the antenna in a direction from a position of the mobile body to the destination when the destination is acquired.
- (7) A storage medium according to an aspect of the invention is a storage medium storing a program causing a computer provided in a mobile body to: acquire a destination of the mobile body; communicate with a communication device outside the mobile body using an antenna; and increase directivity of the antenna in a direction from a position of the mobile body to the destination when the destination is acquired.
- According to the above aspects (1) to (7), it is possible to improve communication quality between the vehicle and another device.
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FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of acommunication system 1 according to an embodiment. -
FIG. 2 is a diagram conceptually showing a process of asensitivity adjuster 115. -
FIG. 3 is a diagram conceptually showing a process of adirectivity adjuster 116. -
FIG. 4 is a diagram conceptually showing another process of thesensitivity adjuster 115. -
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of a series of flows related to a reception process of thesensitivity adjuster 115. -
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a series of flows related to a transmission process of thesensitivity adjuster 115. -
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a series of flows related to the process of thedirectivity adjuster 116. - Hereinafter, an embodiment of a communication system, a communication method, and a storage medium of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of acommunication system 1 according to the embodiment. Thecommunication system 1 is a device that is mounted in a vehicle and performs communication between other devices mounted in the vehicle (hereinafter, in-vehicle devices) and devices outside the vehicle (hereinafter, external devices). The vehicle in which thecommunication system 1 is mounted (hereinafter, the host vehicle M) is, for example, a vehicle such as a two-wheeled vehicle, a three-wheeled vehicle, or a four-wheeled vehicle. Thecommunication system 1 includes anavigation device 10, an antenna 20, and acommunication device 100. - The
navigation device 10 includes, for example, a global navigation satellite system (GNSS)receiver 11, a navigation human machine interface (HMI) 12, and a route determiner 13. Thenavigation device 10 holdsfirst map information 14 in a storage device such as a hard disk drive (HDD) or a flash memory. The GNSSreceiver 11 specifies a position of the host vehicle M on the basis of a signal received from a GNSS satellite. Thenavigation HMI 12 includes a display device, a speaker, a touch panel, keys, and the like. The route determiner 13, for example, determines a route (hereinafter, an on-map route) from the position of the host vehicle M (or any input position) specified by theGNSS receiver 11 to a destination input by the occupant using thenavigation HMI 12 by referring to thefirst map information 14. Thefirst map information 14 is, for example, information in which a road shape is represented by links indicating roads and nodes connected by the links. Thenavigation device 10 may perform route guidance using thenavigation HMI 12 on the basis of the on-map route. Thenavigation device 10 may be realized, for example, by a function of a terminal device such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal possessed by the occupant. Thenavigation device 10 may transmit a current position and a destination to a navigation server via thecommunication device 100 and acquire the same route as the on-map route from the navigation server. - The antenna 20 includes an oscillator, an overemphasis circuit, an amplifier, and the like, and transmits or receives radio waves. A reception sensitivity and directivity of the antenna 20 are controlled by the
communication device 100. The antenna 20 is, for example, a massive multiple input and multiple output (MIMO) antenna, and has a function of performing communication according to a communication scheme using a fifth generation (5G) communication system. - The
communication device 100 communicates with an external device using a cellular network, a Wi-Fi network, Bluetooth (registered trademark), dedicated short range communication (DSRC), or the like or communicates with various server devices via a wireless base station. Hereinafter, a case in which thecommunication device 100 performs communication using a cellular network using a fifth generation communication system will be described. Thecommunication device 100 includes acontroller 110. Thecontroller 110, for example, includes adestination acquirer 111, a position acquirer 112, areception processor 113, atransmission processor 114, asensitivity adjuster 115, and adirectivity adjuster 116 by a hardware processor such as a central processing unit (CPU) executing a program (software) stored in a storage (not shown). - The destination acquirer 111 acquires information indicating a destination acquired by the
navigation device 10. The position acquirer 112 acquires information indicating a current position of the host vehicle M acquired by the GNSSreceiver 11. - The
reception processor 113 performs a process related to communication (that is, reception) from the external device to the in-vehicle device. Thereception processor 113, for example, outputs information acquired by demodulating and combining the radio waves received by the antenna 20 to the in-vehicle device that is a reception target. - The
transmission processor 114 performs a process related to communication (that is, transmission) from the in-vehicle device to the external device. For example, thetransmission processor 114 encodes and modulates information transmitted from the in-vehicle device to the external device, and causes the antenna 20 to transmit the resultant information. - The
sensitivity adjuster 115 adjusts the reception sensitivity and transmission sensitivity of the antenna 20 on the basis of the destination of the host vehicle M. Details of a process of thesensitivity adjuster 115 will be described below. Thedirectivity adjuster 116 adjusts the directivity of the antenna 20 on the basis of the destination of the host vehicle M. Details of the process of thedirectivity adjuster 116 will be described below. - The communication using the fifth generation communication system will be described prior to description of processes of the
sensitivity adjuster 115 and thedirectivity adjuster 116. In recent years, research on Vehicle to Everything (V2X) that enables the host vehicle M (the in-vehicle device) and various things to communicate with each other by using a fifth generation communication system has proceeded. Examples of V2X include vehicle-to-vehicle communication (hereinafter referred to as V2V communication (Vehicle to Vehicle)), vehicle-to-infrastructure communication (hereinafter referred to as V2I communication (Vehicle to Infrastructure)), vehicle-to-network communication (hereinafter referred to as V2N communication (Vehicle to Network)), and vehicle-to-pedestrian communication (hereinafter referred to as V2P communication (Vehicle to Pedestrian)). - In this case, the external device is, for example, a terminal device such as a smartphone possessed by a pedestrian, a portable personal computer such as a tablet computer (a tablet PC) possessed by the pedestrian, or a navigation device included in another vehicle. The in-vehicle device is, for example, a terminal device such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal held by an occupant of the host vehicle M, or the
navigation device 10. Hereinafter, a case in which the in-vehicle device is thenavigation device 10 will be described. - For example, when there is a popular spot other than the destination around the destination, the occupant of the host vehicle M may want to stop at the spot. In this case, it is preferable for the in-vehicle device to present the presence of the popular spot to the occupant of the host vehicle M on the basis of information received from a pedestrian or vehicle present at the popular spot around the destination through V2V communication or V2P communication.
- When the destination of the host vehicle M is not particularly determined, it is preferable for the
communication system 1 to transmit information on the current position of the host vehicle M as information that an external device of the nearby pedestrian or vehicle uses for estimation of a mixed state (in other words, the presence of the popular spot) to the nearby pedestrian or vehicle through V2V communication or V2P communication. - Hereinafter, the processes of the
sensitivity adjuster 115 and thedirectivity adjuster 116 when thecommunication system 1 receives the information from the pedestrian or vehicle around the popular spot will first be described, and then, the processes of thesensitivity adjuster 115 and thedirectivity adjuster 116 when thecommunication system 1 transmits the information on the current position of the host vehicle M to another person present around the host vehicle M will be described. - [Reception Process when Host Vehicle is Distant from Destination]
- Hereinafter, processes of the
sensitivity adjuster 115 and thedirectivity adjuster 116 when the destination of the host vehicle M is determined and the host vehicle M is present at a place distant from the destination will be described.FIG. 2 is a diagram conceptually showing the process of thesensitivity adjuster 115. InFIG. 2 , a destination DN is determined for the host vehicle M according to an operation of thenavigation device 10 by the occupant. Hereinafter, a case in which there are popular spots SPT1 to SPT3 around the destination DN will be described. - The
sensitivity adjuster 115 adjusts the reception sensitivity of the antenna 20 on the basis of information indicating the destination DN acquired by thedestination acquirer 111 and information indicating the current position of the host vehicle M acquired by theposition acquirer 112. For example, when a distance from the current position of the host vehicle M to the destination DN exceeds a predetermined distance Dt (that is, when the destination DN is distant from the current position), thesensitivity adjuster 115 increases the reception sensitivity of the antenna 20 when the current position of the host vehicle M becomes closer to the destination DN. InFIG. 2 , thesensitivity adjuster 115 calculates a distance D0 from the destination DN to the host vehicle M on the basis of the current position acquired at a certain time (t0) and the destination DN, for example. Thesensitivity adjuster 115 calculates a distance D1 from the destination DN to the host vehicle M on the basis of the current position acquired at a time (t1) after a predetermined time has elapsed from the certain time (t0) and the destination DN. Thesensitivity adjuster 115 increases the reception sensitivity of the antenna 20 since the distance D1 out of the distance D0 and the distance D1 is a shorter distance (that is, the host vehicle M is approaching the destination DN). - The
directivity adjuster 116 adjusts the directivity of the antenna 20 on the basis of the information indicating the destination DN acquired by thedestination acquirer 111 and the information indicating the current position of the host vehicle M acquired by theposition acquirer 112. For example, when the distance from the current position of the host vehicle M to the destination DN exceeds the predetermined distance Dt (that is, when the destination DN is distant from the current position), thedirectivity adjuster 116 increases the directivity of the antenna 20 in the destination direction as the current position of the host vehicle M approaches the destination DN. InFIG. 2 , thedirectivity adjuster 116 calculates a distance D0 from the destination DN to the host vehicle M on the basis of the current position acquired at a certain time (t0) and the destination DN, for example. Thedirectivity adjuster 116 calculates the distance D1 from the destination DN to the host vehicle M on the basis of the current position acquired at the time (t1) and the destination DN. Thedirectivity adjuster 116 increases the directivity of the antenna 20 in the destination direction since the distance D1 out of the distance D0 and the distance D1 is a shorter distance (that is, the host vehicle M is approaching the destination DN). Since a positional relationship between the current position and the destination DN changes according to traveling of the host vehicle M, thedirectivity adjuster 116 acquires the current position and the destination DN to specify (update) the destination direction always or at predetermined time intervals, and uses the destination direction to control the directivity of the antenna 20. - The
sensitivity adjuster 115, for example, may adjust the reception sensitivity in a stepwise manner to increase the reception sensitivity at a timing when it has been determined that the host vehicle M is approaching the destination DN at the time (t1). Thesensitivity adjuster 115 may increase the reception sensitivity linearly until a predetermined time elapses from the timing (that is, until a next timing when the distance from the destination DN to the host vehicle M is calculated). Thedirectivity adjuster 116, for example, may adjust the directivity in a stepwise manner to increase the directivity at a timing when it has been determined that the host vehicle M is approaching the destination DN at the time (t1). Thedirectivity adjuster 116 may increase the directivity linearly until a predetermined time elapses from the timing. - Accordingly, the
sensitivity adjuster 115 can make it easier to receive information from an external device around the destination DN as the host vehicle M approaches the destination DN. For example, thesensitivity adjuster 115 can make it easier to receive information from an external device present at a spot SPT (a shown spot SPT1) even when the spot SPT is present at an end portion of a range in which information can be received by the antenna 20. Thedirectivity adjuster 116 can make it easier to receive information from an external device present at a position closer to the destination DN as the host vehicle M approaches the destination DN. For example, even when a certain spot SPT is present around the destination DN, thedirectivity adjuster 116 can make it difficult for information from the spot SPT to be received (or prevent the information from being received) in a case in which the host vehicle M needs to move in a direction away from the destination DN in order to go to the spot SPT (for example, the shown spot SPT2). - The
sensitivity adjuster 115 may be configured to immediately increase the directivity of the antenna 20 in a direction of the destination DN when the information indicating the destination DN is acquired by thedestination acquirer 111. - The
sensitivity adjuster 115 and thedirectivity adjuster 116 may not simultaneously change the sensitivity and the directivity to perform processes. For example, when thesensitivity adjuster 115 increases the reception sensitivity of the antenna 20 as the host vehicle M approaches the destination DN, thedirectivity adjuster 116 may not increase the directivity of the antenna 20. In this case, thecommunication device 100 may not include thedirectivity adjuster 116. For example, when thedirectivity adjuster 116 increases the directivity of the antenna 20 in the direction of the destination DN as the host vehicle M approaches the destination DN, thesensitivity adjuster 115 may not increase the reception sensitivity of the antenna 20. In this case, thecommunication device 100 may not include thesensitivity adjuster 115. - [Reception Process when Host Vehicle is Close to Destination]
- Hereinafter, a process of the
directivity adjuster 116 when the host vehicle M is present at a place close to the destination will be described.FIG. 3 is a diagram conceptually showing the process of thedirectivity adjuster 116. Thedirectivity adjuster 116 adjusts the directivity of the antenna 20 on the basis of the information indicating the destination DN acquired by thedestination acquirer 111 and the information indicating the current position of the host vehicle M acquired by theposition acquirer 112. Thedirectivity adjuster 116, for example, decreases the directivity of the antenna 20 when the distance between the current position of the host vehicle M and the destination DN (the shown distance D2) is within the predetermined distance Dt (that is, when the destination DN is close to the current position). Setting the antenna 20 to be nondirectional is included in decreasing the directivity of the antenna 20. - Accordingly, the
directivity adjuster 116 can make it easier to receive information from an external device present around the destination DN (at the shown spots SPT2 to SPT3) when the host vehicle M is present at a position close to the destination DN. - For example, when the distance D2 is within the predetermined distance Dt (that is, when the destination DN is close to the current position), the
sensitivity adjuster 115 may increase the reception sensitivity of the antenna 20 (for example, to a maximum). Thesensitivity adjuster 115 may control the reception sensitivity of the antenna 20 so that the reception sensitivity of the antenna 20 is maximized before the distance D2 matches the predetermined distance Dt. Here, a relationship between a level of a predetermined reception sensitivity (hereinafter referred to as a predetermined reception sensitivity X1) controlled by thesensitivity adjuster 115 when the distance D2 is within the predetermined distance Dt and a level of a predetermined reception sensitivity (hereinafter referred to as a predetermined reception sensitivity X2) controlled by thesensitivity adjuster 115 when the distance D2 exceeds the predetermined distance Dt is predetermined reception sensitivity X1>predetermined reception sensitivity X2. When the distance D2 is within the predetermined distance Dt, thesensitivity adjuster 115 may immediately control the predetermined reception sensitivity X2 such that the reception sensitivity becomes the predetermined reception sensitivity X1, and may gradually control the predetermined reception sensitivity X2 such that the reception sensitivity becomes the reception sensitivity X1 after the distance D2 becomes within the predetermined distance Dt. Thesensitivity adjuster 115 may increase the reception sensitivity as the host vehicle M approaches the destination DN from the current position. - The
sensitivity adjuster 115 may increase the reception sensitivity as the host vehicle M approaches the destination DN when the distance D2 exceeds the predetermined distance Dt. In this case, when the distance D2 exceeds the predetermined distance Dt, thesensitivity adjuster 115 may not further increase the reception sensitivity in a case in which the reception sensitivity becomes the predetermined reception sensitivity X1. In this case, the predetermined reception sensitivity X1 is a maximum reception sensitivity when the distance D2 exceeds the predetermined distance Dt. - [Transmission Process when Destination is Determined: Sensitivity Adjuster 115]
- Hereinafter, a process of the
sensitivity adjuster 115 when the destination of the host vehicle M is determined will be described.FIG. 4 is a diagram conceptually showing another process of thesensitivity adjuster 115. - The
sensitivity adjuster 115 adjusts an output when information is transmitted using the antenna 20 (hereinafter referred to as a transmission output) on the basis of the information indicating the destination DN acquired by thedestination acquirer 111 and the information indicating the current position of the host vehicle M acquired by theposition acquirer 112. Thesensitivity adjuster 115, for example, increases the transmission output of the antenna 20 as the current position of the host vehicle M approaches the destination DN. InFIG. 4 , thesensitivity adjuster 115 calculates a distance D0 from the destination DN to the host vehicle M on the basis of the current position acquired at a certain time (t0) and the destination DN, for example. Thesensitivity adjuster 115 calculates the distance D1 from the destination DN to the host vehicle M on the basis of the current position acquired at the time (t1) and the destination DN. Thesensitivity adjuster 115 increases the transmission output since the distance D1 out of the distance D0 and the distance D1 is a shorter distance (that is, the host vehicle M approaches the destination DN). - The
sensitivity adjuster 115, for example, may adjust the transmission output in a stepwise manner to increase the transmission output at a timing when it has been determined that the host vehicle M is approaching the destination DN at the time (t1). Thesensitivity adjuster 115 may increase the transmission output linearly until a predetermined time elapses from the timing (that is, until a next timing when the distance from the destination DN to the host vehicle M is calculated). - Accordingly, the
sensitivity adjuster 115 can make it easy for information to be received by an external device around the destination DN as the host vehicle M approaches the destination DN. For example, thesensitivity adjuster 115 can make it easier for information to be received by an external device present at a spot SPT (a shown spot SPT1) even when the spot SPT is present at an end portion of a range in which information can be transmitted by the antenna 20. Accordingly, when thesensitivity adjuster 115 transmits a request for information on surroundings of the external device to the external device, thesensitivity adjuster 115 makes it easy for the in-vehicle device to obtain the information. - [Transmission Process when Destination is not Determined: Sensitivity Adjuster 115]
- When the destination DN of the host vehicle M is not determined, the
sensitivity adjuster 115 may not change the transmission output of the antenna 20 according to the current position of the host vehicle M. For example, when the information indicating the destination DN of the host vehicle M has not been acquired by thedestination acquirer 111, thesensitivity adjuster 115 keeps the transmission output of the antenna 20 high (for example, at a maximum). Accordingly, thesensitivity adjuster 115 makes it easier for the information on the current position of the host vehicle M to be used as the information that the external device of the nearby pedestrian or vehicle uses for estimation of the mixed state (in other words, the presence of a popular spot). - [Transmission Process when Destination is not Determined: Directivity Adjuster 116]
- When the destination DN of the host vehicle M is not determined, the
directivity adjuster 116 may not change the directivity of the antenna 20 according to the current position of the host vehicle M. For example, when the information indicating the destination DN of the host vehicle M is not acquired by thedestination acquirer 111, thedirectivity adjuster 116 keeps the directivity of the antenna 20 low. Accordingly, thedirectivity adjuster 116 makes it easier for the information on the current position of the host vehicle M to be used as information that the external device of the nearby pedestrian or vehicle uses for estimation of the mixed state (in other words, the presence of a popular spot). -
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of a series of flows related to the reception process of thesensitivity adjuster 115. First, thesensitivity adjuster 115 determines whether or not the information indicating the destination of the host vehicle M has been acquired by the destination acquirer 111 (step S100). When the destination of the host vehicle M has been acquired, thesensitivity adjuster 115 calculates the distance between the current position acquired by theposition acquirer 112 and the destination, and increases the reception sensitivity of the antenna 20 as the host vehicle M (current position) approaches the destination (step S102). When the destination of the host vehicle M has not been acquired, thesensitivity adjuster 115 ends the process without changing the reception sensitivity (step S104). -
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a series of flows related to the transmission process of thesensitivity adjuster 115. First, thesensitivity adjuster 115 determines whether the information indicating the destination of the host vehicle M has been acquired by the destination acquirer 111 (step S200). When the destination of the host vehicle M has been acquired, thesensitivity adjuster 115 calculates the distance between the current position acquired by theposition acquirer 112 and the destination, and increases the transmission output of the antenna 20 as the host vehicle M (current position) approaches the destination (step S202). When the destination of the host vehicle M has not been acquired, thesensitivity adjuster 115 increases (for example, maximizes) the transmission output of the antenna 20 and ends the process (step S204). -
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a series of flows related to a process of thedirectivity adjuster 116. First, thedirectivity adjuster 116 determines whether or not the information indicating the destination of the host vehicle M has been acquired by the GNSS receiver 11 (step S300). When the destination of the host vehicle M has not been acquired, thedirectivity adjuster 116 decreases the directivity of the antenna 20 and ends the process (step S302). When the destination of the host vehicle M has been acquired, thedirectivity adjuster 116 calculates the distance between the current position acquired by theposition acquirer 112 and the destination, and determines whether or not the distance from the current position to the destination exceeds the predetermined distance Dt (step S304). When the distance from the current position to the destination exceeds the predetermined distance Dt (that is, the destination is distant from the current position), thedirectivity adjuster 116 calculates the distance between the current position acquired by theposition acquirer 112 and the destination, and increases the directivity of the antenna 20 in the destination direction as the host vehicle M (current position) approaches the destination (step S306). Thedirectivity adjuster 116 decreases the directivity of the antenna 20 when the distance from the current position to the destination is within the predetermined distance Dt (that is, the destination is close to the current position) (step S308). - As described above, the
communication system 1 according to the embodiment includes an acquirer (in this example, thedestination acquirer 111 and the position acquirer 112) that acquires a destination of the mobile body (in this example, the host vehicle M) and the position of the host vehicle M, and a communicator (in this example, thereception processor 113, thetransmission processor 114, thesensitivity adjuster 115, and the directivity adjuster 116) that communicates with a communication device (in this example, the external device) outside the host vehicle M using the antenna 20, in which thesensitivity adjuster 115 increases the reception sensitivity of the antenna 20 and increases the directivity of the antenna 20 in a direction of the destination as a current position of the host vehicle M acquired by thedestination acquirer 111 approaches a destination acquired by theposition acquirer 112, thereby improving communication quality between the host vehicle M and the external device. Although a mode for carrying out the present invention has been described above using the embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment at all, and various modifications and substitutions may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
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1. A communication system provided in a mobile body and including an acquirer configured to acquire a destination of the mobile body, and a communicator configured to communicate with a communication device outside the mobile body using an antenna,
wherein the communicator is configured to increase directivity of the antenna in a direction from a position of the mobile body to the destination when the destination is acquired by the acquirer.
2. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the communicator is configured to increase the directivity of the antenna in a direction from a position after change to the destination when the position of the mobile body changes.
3. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the communicator is configured to increase reception sensitivity of the antenna when the destination is not acquired by the acquirer.
4. The communication system according to any one of claim 1 ,
wherein the acquirer is further configured to acquire the position of the mobile body, and
the communicator is configured to decrease the directivity of the antenna or sets the antenna to nondirectional when a distance between the position of the mobile body and the destination is within a predetermined distance.
5. The communication system according to claim 3 , wherein the communicator is configured to increase the reception sensitivity of the antenna as the position of the mobile body approaches the destination.
6. A communication method comprising:
acquiring, by a computer provided in a mobile body, a destination of the mobile body;
communicating, by the computer provided in the mobile body, with a communication device outside the mobile body using an antenna; and
increasing, by the computer provided in the mobile body, directivity of the antenna in a direction from a position of the mobile body to the destination when the destination is acquired.
7. A storage medium storing a program causing a computer provided in a mobile body to:
acquire a destination of the mobile body;
communicate with a communication device outside the mobile body using an antenna; and
increase directivity of the antenna in a direction from a position of the mobile body to the destination when the destination is acquired.
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